Original: English NATO Parliamentary Assembly JOINT MEETING DEFENCE AND SECURITY COMMITTEE ECONOMICS AND SECURITY COMMITTEE POLITICAL COMMITTEE OFFICERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE CIVIL DIMENSION OF SECURITY AND THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE DRAFT PROGRAMME BRUSSELS 24-26 FEBRUARY 2013 www.nato-pa.int 11 February 2013
MEETING VENUES PALAIS D EGMONT - EGMONT II Salle Europe Place du Petit Sablon 8 bis 1000 Brussels NATO HQ Boulevard Leopold III 1110 Brussels Tel: +32 (0) 2 707 48 78 NATO PA Place du Petit Sablon 3 1000 Brussels Point of Contact: Rebecca Chandler Co-ordinator, Political Email: rchandler@nato-pa.int Tel: +32 (0) 2 504 81 63 DRAFT PROGRAMME SATURDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2013 Arrival of participants SUNDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2013 MEMBERS SHOULD WEAR THEIR NATO PA BADGES AT ALL TIMES. PASSPORTS OR ANY OTHER FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION MAY BE REQUESTED AT ANY TIME. 9:00 Members gather at Egmont II Palais d Egmont Session 1 Chaired by Raynell Andreychuk (Canada), Chairperson of the Political 9:15 9:30 Welcome remarks by Hugh Bayley (United Kingdom), President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly 9:30 11:00 Presentation by James Appathurai, Deputy Assistant Secretary General, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, NATO, on NATO s Current Political Agenda, followed by Q&A 11:00 11:20 Coffee break 11:20 12:45 Presentation by Jaroslaw Skonieczka, Senior Director, Integration, Partnerships and Cooperation Directorate, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, NATO, on NATO s Relations with EAPC Member States and NATO s Open Door Policy, followed by Q&A 12:45 14:00 Lunch hosted by the Belgian delegation to the NATO PA Location: Galerie des Glaces, Palais d Egmont 1
Session 2 Chaired by Raynell Andreychuk (Canada), Chairperson of the Political 14:00 16:00 Ambassador s Roundtable Discussion with: H.E. Mr Sorin Ducaru, Permanent Representative of Romania to NATO H.E. Mr Philippe Errera, Permanent Representative of France to NATO H.E. Mr Haydar Berk, Permanent Representative of Turkey to NATO H.E. Mrs Mariot Leslie, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to NATO Joseph Manso, Deputy Chief of Mission, United States Mission to NATO 16:00 16:30 Coffee break Session 3 16:30 18:00 Presentation by Ambassador Gabor Iklody, Assistant Secretary General, Emerging Security Challenges Division, NATO, on Emerging Security Challenges - NATO s Response, followed by Q&A 18:00 End of meetings 18:00 20:30 Open-house Reception (aperitif) at NATO PA s Headquarters Location: Place du Petit Sablon 3, 1000 Brussels, +32 (0) 2 513 2865 MONDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2013 MEMBERS SHOULD WEAR THEIR NATO PA BADGES AT ALL TIMES. PASSPORTS OR ANY OTHER FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION MAY BE REQUESTED AT ANY TIME. Session 4 9:00 10:30 Presentation by General Knud Bartels, Chairman of the Military, NATO, on NATO Operations, followed by Q&A PROGRAMME ONLY FOR MEMBERS OF THE BUREAU, MEMBERS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE (NO ALTERNATES), COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS, MEMBERS OF THE US DELEGATION AND MEMBERS OF THE CANADIAN DELEGATION 10:30 Departure by bus from The Hotel to NATO Headquarters 11:30 13:00 Meeting with the Permanent Representatives of the North Atlantic Council (Room 16; Secretaries of Delegation may attend the meeting) 13:00 14:30 Lunch with the Permanent Representatives of the North Atlantic Council (Salon des Ambassadeurs) +/-14:45 Transport departs to Egmont II Palais d Egmont 2
MONDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2013 (CONT D) PROGRAMME FOR MEMBERS NOT PARTICIPATING IN NATO HQ ACTIVITIES 10:30 11:00 Coffee break Session 5 Chaired by Marc Angel (Luxembourg), Vice-Chairman of the on the Civil Dimension of Security (tbc) 11:00 12:00 Presentation by Radoslava Stefanova, Head of Russia and Ukraine Relations, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, NATO, on NATO-Russia Relations, followed by Q&A 12:00 13:30 Free time for lunch Session 6 Chaired by Philippe Vitel (France), Chairperson of the Sub- on Energy and Environmental Security (tbc) 13:30 15:00 Defence sector roundtable on The Future of European Defence Capabilities and the Industrial Base, followed by Q&A Nathalie Errard, Senior Vice President, Head of Europe and NATO Affairs, EADS Giuseppe Antonio Fortunato, Head of the Representative Office to the EU and NATO, Finmeccanica Speaker tbc, Rolls Royce 15:00 15:30 Coffee break (Arrival of participants back from NATO HQ) PROGRAMME FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS Session 7 15:30 16:45 Presentation by Mari Skaare, Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security to the NATO Secretary General, on The UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security: Opportunities and Challenges from a NATO perspective, followed by Q&A +/-16:45 End of meetings TUESDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2013 Session 8 Chaired by Petras Austrevicius (Lithuania), Chairman of the Economics and Security 9:00 10:30 Presentation by H.E. Mr William E. Kennard, Ambassador of the United States to the European Union, on The State of Trans-Atlantic Economic Co-operation and Prospects for a more Open Trading Relationship, followed by Q&A 10:30 11:00 Coffee break 3
11:00 12:30 Panel discussion with: H.E. Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, Deputy Secretary General of NATO, on The Financial and Savings Dimensions of Smart Defence and Possible Synergies with the EU s Pooling and Sharing Initiative Claude-France Arnould, Chief Executive, European Defence Agency, on The Financial and Savings Dimensions of the Pooling and Sharing Initiative and Possible Synergies with NATO s Smart Defence +/-12:30 End of meetings WEDNESDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2013 Meeting at the OECD, Paris Members of the Economics and Security Members of the Political Members of the delegations of Canada and the United States For further information, please refer to separate programme. 4